Green Your Kitchen for Earth Day and Earth Week!

It’s Earth Day today, not to mention Earth Week, and the best way to honour this time is to be especially mindful of our impact on the environment. When we use less chemicals, we are being gentler to ourselves and the environment. Check out our top 10 picks for green kitchen ware, cleaning tools and supplies. Happy Earth Day and Earth Week! 1. ScanWood Salad Set from Le Bono…

What you need to know about essential oils

We recently got together with certified aromatherapist Kuan Nee See of havaroma to find out what makes an essential oil the real deal. Kuan Nee answered our questions and helped us demystify the subject of essential oils. 1. How are essential oils “made”? Essential oils are “made” by the plants themselves! They are the scientists, harvesting the energy and light from the sun, thus creating these essential oils. 2. How…

Unravelling November’s intheBOX parcel

November is here, and so is the quarterly intheBOX parcel distributed on subscription basis by intheLoop! There are many subscription boxes out there, but this one is stands out because it contains eco, natural and/or healthy products. Very soon, you will be able to order a heath and fitness box, look out for it on their website! Here’s a closer look at what you can expect when you order one of…

Noteworthy giveaways this Organic October!

It’s easy to go natural and cut your toxic load this month, with amazing deals from participating outlets, and these 3 generous giveaways! 1. Plume & Preen have giveaways every week during Organic October on their Facebook page. All you need to do is like their page, like their giveaway photo and share it with others. Items up for grabs this month can be seen in the above photo, make sure…

intheBOX giveaway for Organic October: 5 parcels to be had!

As part of Organic October and the Make The Switch micro campaign, intheLoop is generously giving away 5 of their intheBOX parcels, which contain healthy eco goodies! All you need to do is to write to SaferSkin at olivia[at]saferskin[dot]org or message us on Facebook, to tell us why you’d like to make the switch, and like the following 3 pages – SaferSkin, intheLoop, and Lohasia. All entries will go into a draw to win 1…

Where to start when you want to cut your toxic load

We are surrounded by chemicals in our immediate environment. Be it toiletries, home cleaning products, insecticide, plastic containers, flame retardants on our furniture and furnishings, even in the upholstery in our homes, cars and offices, our cookware, and toys for our pets and children. The list goes on, it is everywhere. So where do we draw the line when it comes to health and safety for ourselves and our loved ones,…

About the SaferSkin campaign

SaferSkin is a Singapore-wide awareness campaign for safer personal care products and cosmetics by non-profit environmental society, Green Drinks Singapore.
We believe that everyone has a fundamental right to non-toxic consumer products for healthy and beautiful skin.
Join us in the push for safer personal care products for you, your family, and not forgetting your pets!